Melissa Etheridge playing Riverside July 20

It was 25 years ago this May that her debut album “Melissa Etheridge” was released; it eventually achieved double platinum status by the Recording Industry Association of America.

There have been 11 additional studio albums, the most successful being 1993’s “Yes I Am;” the album ended up making Billboard’s top 100 most sold albums list of the ‘90s. Last fall saw the release of Etheridge’s most recent effort, “4th Street Feeling.”

Tickets for the 8 p.m. show are $39.50 to $75. They will be available for purchase beginning at noon Friday at the box office (116 W. Wisconsin Ave.), the Pabst Theater box office (144 E. Wells St.), by calling (414) 286-3663 and visiting pabsttheater.org.

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